You forget Job's suffering. His suffering doesn't fit the prosperity gospel. Sometimes, suffering of the righteous lasts a lifetime, with heavenly rewards. Consider the poor beggar who died in misery, and the rich man Lazarus. Colossians tells us to seek those things which are above.
>>You forget Job’s suffering.<<
Who said I forgot the suffering? And who said anything about everybody gets everything? I simply said that many times when God blessed someone they were given great wealth.
If you somehow want to feel sanctimonious about being poor and downtrodden I say go for it.
To use the verb in its original sense, or the verb that best, today, conveys what the original verb meant, “The exception TESTS the rule.” Most of the time, usually, and as a rule, given condition X, outcome Y can be expected.
However, since God is sovereign, and we’re not, sometimes condition X gives way to outcome Z.
News, like persecution, makes headlines because it is a deviation from the routine detail of everyday life. Some saints are called to suffer. Some are called to celibacy, such as those with homoerotic temptations. Some are called to poverty.
Most of the time, usually, and as a rule, God’s default setting for our optimum blessedness and fruitfulness includes robust good health, marriage, and sufficient sufficiency so we can tithe and give and still abound.